5 myths about Vikings that everyone believes - Stephanie H. Smith
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DownloadAh, yes: the Viking Age.
When medieval horn-helmeted Scandinavian men ravaged Europe,
scribbling mysterious runes
and toasting their victories in goblets forged from enemy skulls
before bidding farewell in fiery funerals.
Except, that’s not quite how it went...
It’s unclear where the word “Viking” came from,
but in Old Norse it apparently referred to an act of maritime raiding.
Historians long pinned the start of the Viking Age to a brutal ambush
on an English monastery in 793 CE,
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Key Vocabulary (18)
Describes something that has a good chance of happening or being true. It is frequently used to talk about probability and expectations in various situations.
A century is a period of 100 years. It is a common unit of time used to group historical events and long durations.
"The century is important."
Age refers to the amount of time a person has lived or an object has existed. It is also used to describe a particular period in history or a stage of life.
"The age is important."
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"it persisted for the next 300 years"
"ravaged Europe, scribbling mysterious runes"
"Except, that’s not quite how it went..."
"But they did not wear horned helmets"
"before bidding farewell in fiery funerals"
"a brutal ambush... which the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle described"
"This image was popularized in 19th-century stage productions"
"archaeologists have found Scandinavian horned helmets"
"Viking-era Scandinavian chieftains may have drunk German wine"
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